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Roland Juno-60 vs. Juno-106


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If you gotta have good MIDI, do the 106.

Juno 60 too has a "MIDI". :thu:

 

Sort of....

 

But it was called DCB back then.

 

 

 

All you need it so convert it via this thing:

 

http://www.chd-el.cz/index.php?id=312&lngid=en

 

As a bonus, you get additional LFO for the VCF, velocity for the VCF and the arpeggiator sync. Almost a new synth.

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Every time I record with the Joun-60, I'm impressed with the sound quality it achieves with virtually no effects. The stereo chorus sounds great. Most synths today rely upon reverb and delay. The Juno-60 stands on it's own sound quality.

 

Some people have commented that the Juno-60 is the closest relative of the Jupiter-8.

 

Yes, the DCB-midi interface (MD-8) seems like an appropriate accessory.

 

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Juno 60 too has a "MIDI".
:thu:

Sort of....


But it was called DCB back then.




All you need it so convert it via this thing:


http://www.chd-el.cz/index.php?id=312&lngid=en


As a bonus, you get additional LFO for the VCF, velocity for the VCF and the arpeggiator sync. Almost a new synth.

 

looks great. however, it costs almost as much as Juno-60.

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I've owned both a 60 and 106 at the same time, and I'll agree with the common consensus; the 60 sounds noticeably better.

 

As to there being no MIDI, if you're recording you could do the practically unheard of these days and just record straight to an audio track...:eek:

 

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hello


which one do you prefer? which sounds better? i have some money to spend and i want some vintage analog synths. what will you suggest? unfortunately, i can't afford jupiter-8 or yamaha cs-80...
:p

 

Juno 60.

 

The 106 is great for punchy leads, but many other Rolands will sound similar.

 

The 60 has the classic silky Roland sound, along with the JP8 and JP4 ;)

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Juno 60. While the 106 IS a great synth, the voice chip issue really makes it a difficult buy. Anyway, now that there's the SH-201, the 106 is pretty much not needed. I can get EVERY sound i ever made out of my 106, in my SH-201. While it may not be TRUE analogue, it sounds just as good as the 106. But if you want a true analogue sound, hit the 60. You can buy DCB/MIDI converters for fairly cheap now a days.

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Juno 60. While the 106 IS a great synth, the voice chip issue really makes it a difficult buy. Anyway, now that there's the SH-201, the 106 is pretty much not needed. I can get EVERY sound i ever made out of my 106, in my SH-201. While it may not be TRUE analogue, it sounds just as good as the 106. But if you want a true analogue sound, hit the 60. You can buy DCB/MIDI converters for fairly cheap now a days.

 

 

Moment of confession: My second Juno is actually in the shop right now ... I'm trying to decide if I want to salvage it for its three good chips or fix it ... (I will probably fix it; I'd not prefer the other karma ... but then there's the issue of getting all new chips

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